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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1911
Page
2
A collection of quips and observations from London to New York highlighting aviation speed, vaudeville humor, a Chicago divorce plea, and oddities such as headlines about mermaids nights in the air and a Bell furnace claim. The piece lampoons public life with pithy remarks on editors, dogs, and Cranberries crops.
The inventor says the device will cool a house but it ends up heating it. Critics note most existing units already perform cooling and are on the market.
A columnist ponders using megaphones for riders to signal stop stations where the bell fails. The concept suggests aiding passenger communication and safety on streetcar lines.
A Pennsylvania man attempted a two minute underwater challenge but remained submerged for over two hours. The reckless wager cost him his life, proving a fool’s bet is a dangerous and deadly risk.
A Chicagoan forms a group to honor old maids but few women admit they are eligible. The piece notes that a man in the clouds may be an aviator chasing altitude records, challenging the idea that every skyward figure is a dreamer.
From New York comes the tale of a man bitten by an enraged oyster. It remains for Winsted, Conn., to spring something about a man eating snail.
A New Jersey man bitten by a fly developed blood poisoning, while a pun suggests the Jersey fly envy of the famous Jersey skeeter.
A New York woman forfeits a substantial portion of her late husband’s estate after marrying a fourth time, ending a run of likely benefits from prior marriages and disrupting her prospects in a once promising matrimonial path.
A call for a car that refuses to run when the operator fails to treat it properly. The idea imagines a vehicle with built in standards of conduct, resisting misuse or neglect by the driver to prevent harm or waste. It reflects concerns about responsibility and reliability in personal mobility.
A French observer remarks that Americans are ignorant of aviation matters while noting that many aviators have died, suggesting a paradox in public perception versus wartime losses.
Deacon Hope, a 55-year-old widower and farmer, visits widowed Mrs. Sargent after his wife’s death and becomes increasingly erratic. Neighbors speculate he is going mad, but the parson recalls similar behavior when the deacon courted his late wife. After a woodpile scare and a night visit for a hoe, Mrs. Sargent confronts him, and he confesses courting her, leading to an engagement and a sharp warning to stop the antics.
Mrs Mary Gaunt travels alone through West Africa, through Ashanti and Kymaal, with little language support. She notes that beyond missionary areas real gentlemen exist who are honest and won't steal belongings left outside a tent. She plans to write a book about the journey of the Englishwoman in savage lands.
Pastor Carl F. Intermann of Grace Lutheran Church in Brooklyn painted the church and parsonage, saving the congregation several hundred dollars. He worked daily from eight in the morning until mid afternoon, clad in overalls and swinging on a regulation scaffold.
A man in Philadelphia stepped in front of a trolley car, was knocked down and fractured a whisky bottle in his pocket. The broken bottle, his matches and the resulting ignition caused a fire that set him ablaze. The incident marks a remarkably unlucky sequence of mishaps.
A college girl describes a luncheon where eight students display hobby horse centerpieces with name cards and future ten year notes. The hostess leads explanations, then Auld Lang Syne is sung. Also suggests Indian party ideas with wigwams arrows and bead games.
A young ladies' Mission band hosted a tea featuring eight countries Greece Italy Germany Russia England America France and Japan. Guests arrived by auto to view country displays and enjoy country specific menus while five minute country papers and music provided entertainment.
A hostess hosted a word making game in honor of a visiting guest. Guests used the letters of the friend’s last name to form as many words as possible in twenty minutes. Prizes were awarded for the longest and shortest lists, making the gathering a pleasant introduction.
A church social plans a red themed evening on the first real cold day. Posters will be scarlet with red cheese cloth and shades. A lusty chorus sings A Hot Time. Admission is 65 red cents. Menu features red hots in rolls with pickles coffee and doughnuts.
Skirts gain fullness and lingerie silhouettes grow. Double ceilings create iridescent effects while velour hats anchor early fall millinery. Black and white alliances persist with jumper designs revived for dressy shirtwaists. Collarettes of black or white tulle accompany afternoon gowns as lace robes return. Blue and white wash fabrics gain prominence alongside all over lace gowns and beaded fringe fichus edged with tulle and lace.
White cotton crochet buttons in small and large sizes are becoming a fashion feature. They are used on blouses one-piece frocks wraps and white linen skirts replacing traditional pearl buttons and buttons with glass or metal.
A Califormia woman, Mia Mary Remington of Gilroy, reports severe kidney pain and weakness during a critical period. After trying other remedies with little benefit, she used Doan's Kidney Pills and says she was completely cured, praising the product's efficacy. Price 50c. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, NY.
Mrs. Margaret Gunn of Roxbury Mass. reports a severe infantile rash covering head face and body during a trip to Ireland and England. After trying doctors medicines the rash persisted until Cuticura Soap and Ointment were used for about nine months, leaving no scars and curing the child completely.
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